Somehow the super computer has been reactivated and can not be shut down so the Lyoko Warriors go to investigate. They find a young boy trapped inside Carthage...Just who is this boy? And what does X.A.N.A. want with him...?

"Well
if it's such a bad name then I'll just have to have a different
one…" The boy said, though sounding a little put out.

Yumi
elbowed Ulrich in the side. "No…you should go with what ever you
want."

The
boy smiled.

Suddenly
a shot rang out and everyone looked back to see several Creepers
firing at them from the ledges leading up to the core of Lyoko.

"We
could run for it." Odd suggested. "They're too far away to
catch up if we ran."

"No,
they're too close to the core. If we leave they might attack it."
Aelita said.

No
sooner had she finished talking, the boy, now christened Xana, ran
past her and towards the monsters.

"Wait!
We should all do this together!" William shouted, but Xana kept
running.

Xana
leapt up onto the platforms that lead up to the core and pulled out
several kunai and his knife from their respective pockets. He threw
his kunai at two of the Creepers. One of them was impaled in the head
but the other one deflected the kunai with a laser shot. Xana ran up
close and leapt over the Creeper, carving a large 'X' on the top
of its head with his kunai. Both Creepers exploded before he touched
the ground.

Suddenly
a shadow fell over Xana as another Creeper loomed over him.

"He
won't make it!" Odd shouted, raising his arms to take a shot at
the Creeper. But just as he did that, he noticed a large bow being
pulled taught right next to him.

Maïtena
pulled the bowstring back as far as it would go and released the
arrow, sending it speeding towards the Creeper. The arrow impaled
itself into the Creepers side, and the force of the arrow knocking it
aside, pinning it against the wall. Maïtena turned to Emily. "Your
turn."

Emily
flipped through her book quickly and stopped at a page. As she began
to read the spell, the book glowed bright red and floated out of her
hands, letting her use both hands to aim at the two Creepers
approaching Xana from both sides. "Undecim
Spīritūs Lūcis Coeuntēs Sagittent Inimīcum! Sagitta Magica!"
Eleven bright arrows appeared around Emily and shot straight towards
the Creepers, five to each Creeper and the eleventh into the head of
the one that Maïtena had impaled in the head,
making all three explode.

"Nicely done." William said as Xana came back.

"Alright, now that that's taken care of, Einstein can
devirtualize use now right?" Odd asked, looking slightly down that
Maïtena had beaten him to the spotlight.

"Not so fast, Odd," Jeremie's voice came floating out of no
where. "We need to get Xana to a tower first. That way we can run
the devirtualization program for him, to give him a body of his own."

"But how do we get there? We don't have enough vehicles to
transport us all…" Ulrich asked.

"I'll go back…I've had enough for one day…" Maïtena
said, and Emily nodded in agreement.

"I'll go with them," Yumi spoke up. "I'll take them back
to school so that Jim doesn't get suspicious that so many of us
have gone missing."

"Me too then," William said, quickly.

"Good
idea," Jeremie's voice floated out to them again. "I'll
devirtualize you four now."

Almost instantly the four of them disappeared, Maïtena and Yumi
first, then William and Emily.

"Your vehicles are where you left them. So go and get them and
let's finish this up." Jeremie said.

"You got it, Einstein," Odd shouted and they all headed towards
the exit of the core chamber.

Odd
and Ulrich got on their respective vehicles as Aelita and Xana got on
the Overwing.

"I'm opening the tunnel now," Jeremie said as they descended
out of the core chamber.

One of the tubes that connected to Carthage disappeared and they all
flew into the revealed tunnel. They appeared in the ice sector and
landed immediately, heading back towards the way tower that they had
just exited.

"You
two stay out here and make sure nothing happens," Aelita
instructed.

"You got it, princess," Ulrich said with a nod.

"Just don't do anything you'll regret in there!" Odd shouted
after them, making Ulrich smack him on the arm.

Aelita
rolled her eyes as she helped Xana into the way tower.

It
was a simple procedure. Everything ran smoothly and no monsters
attack, making the run rather uneventful. Just before the program was
completed, Jeremie devirtualized Odd and Ulrich, seeing as there was
no need for them to remain on Lyoko. Soon after, Aelita and Xana
followed. Just like going into Lyoko, Xana came out with his own set
of clothing.

Xana wore a simply pair a jeans with a black hoodie with a red
X.A.N.A. symbol on it. Everyone stared at the symbol.

"Are you sure you're no one suspicious?" Odd asked, his eyes
narrowed.

"If he were anyone suspicious I would've seen in when I was
going over the data earlier." Aelita said.

"If you say so," Ulrich said, but he looked skeptical.

They entered the elevator and rode it up one level to pick up
Jeremie before heading to the surface.

"Now
all we have to do is find somewhere for you to stay until we can get
you enrolled in Kadic," Jeremie said.

"He can stay with me until then," Aelita offered. "I room
alone so he can hide in there without any problems."

"Except for one…" Ulrich said when they got out of the
elevator. "He's a boy and you're a girl…"

"So?" Aelita asked, confused.

"Obviously you don't understand the differences between boys and
girls…and why they are separated…" Odd said.

"Of course I know the difference. The anatomy for one-"

"Aelita," Ulrich cut her off and sighed, shaking his head.
"You've been with us this long and you still don't know…"

"But…it's the only course of action open to us…" Jeremie
sighed.

"You can't be serious…" Odd said, looking at Jeremie with
shock written all over his face.

"There's
no other way…" Jeremie said, as they climbed into the sewers.
"It's not like he's capable of doing anything prude or
anything…"

"Excuse me?" Xana asked, looking confused.

"Nothing…forget I said anything…" Jeremie said immediately.

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